I enjoyed the tv series more after reading/listening to the books. I understand most of what is going on now. It is written in an unusual way from different characters points of view. They have removed some side plots from the tv series and changed other things but the story arc is basically the same so far

Watched another six on Saturday morning, so now I've only got 17 episodes left to watch before April 25, although I probably won't watch the simulcast as I can avoid spoilers for the rest of the day and then I can watch on demand with no advert breaks